Game apparatus



June 18, 1935. c. R. KIRK ET AL GAME APPARATUS Filed Nov. 30, 1934INVENTORS ClaudeR.Kirh Edward E. afllz'son B 2% W THE/R ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 18, 1935 Claude R. Kirk,

- lison, Chicago, 111.,

I poration of Illinois Oak Park, and 'Edwar dE. col- 7 ,assignors ,toStandard Ticket Games Corporation,

Chicagm'IlL, a cor- Application November 30, 1934, s riaiena'vsazer '5Claims. (01. 273-121) This invention relates' to a #gamefapparatus. Itis:an object of this'invention to .providewan improved game apparatuswhich is relatively 'sim ple and'inexpensive' in construction andefficient.

5 in use.

This application is related to our Patent No- 1,973,815 dated September118, 1934, on a-Game apparatus, and relates to and'claims per :se theanti-tilting device shown. and described our aforesaid patent and bymeans of which the score registering Zdial embodied in the gameapparatus of our aforesaid patent is rendered invisible to the player,so 'thathe can vnotsee the score he has made, and the score-recordingdevice is rendered ineffective, if. the player attempts to operate theapparatus fraudulently Joy-tilting the same out of its normal and properor horizontal operating positi'om: Other objects will appearhereinafter. v The invention consists in the'novel combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described andzclaimed. v Theinvention will :be best understood by ref,-' erence to theaccompanyingdrawing showingjthe preferred fonn ofconstructionjandinwhich:

- Fig. 1 'is a fragmentary :toplplan view'pof {thegameapparatus-embodied in our aforesaid patent and. showing particularlythe anti-tilting device with which the present application is concerned;

Fig.- 2 is'a vertical sectionalyiew on line 2' -2 :Fig. 3 isafragmentary top plan view of the cabinetembodied in the new apparatus;V Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view on line Fig. -1-;*and 1 Fig.5 isafragmentary detail view. The game apparatus shown and described in ouraforesaid patentxcomposesa cabinet 1 within which is arranged a scoreregistering ,dial H, the face o'f the latter-being visible .tothe playerthrough a sight opening ,32 which is providedin the topof the cabinet;the said registering dial ll being operated by mechanismshown in ourafore said patent :and. part of which .is illustrated in v .-1 g vArranged in'thecabinet .10 is a vertical sup.- .poiiting wall' 21:2 vandpivotally suspended from this wall I2 is a pendulum 1:3, andwhenvthecabinet It) and its venclosedgame apparatus are in proper-playingposition the upper end portion of the pendulum I3 is latchingly engagedwith a latch member I4, the latch member l4 being mounted upon ahorizontal shaft [5 which extends transversely across the cabinet lfladjacent the lower end wall l6 thereof.'

Pivotally connected to the latch member ll, as. at H, is a slide bar l8which is slidably mounted on the vertical supporting wall l2 by means ofa pin and slot connection l9. This slide bar 18 has alateral extension20 (Fig. 2) which projects over the peripheral surface of the scoreregisteringdial H Carried by the shaft l5, adjacent a verticalsupporting wall 21 which is arranged in the cabinet lll is an arm-22 andpivotally connected to the arm'22 is a link 23, while pivotallyconnected to the link '23 at the lower end of the latter is a memedupon, a horizontal shaft 25 which carries the score recording orprintingdrum 26. This member 24 has a counter-weighted portion 2'! whichis normally latched in raised, or full line, position (Fig. 4) bylatching engagement of the upper end portion of "the pendulum 13 withthe latch member 14.-

a If the player attempts to operate'the game apparatus in the. cabinetfraudulently,by tilting the same and the cabinet lfl from their properplaying position, the upper end portion of the pendulum I3 is moved bygravity out of latching engagement with the latch member l4, whereuponthe counter'weighted portion 21 of the member 24 drops or pivots bygravity (counterclockwise, Fig.4) uponits-supportingshaft 25,:therebyelevating or pivoting the member 24 into a'position :(as in dottedlines, Fig. 4) between the peripheral or. printing face of the printingdrum '26iand the pivotal impression-transmitting or pressure member 28,thus preventing the player from printing the score ofthegameupon theticket web 33 whichis fed between the pressure member: 28 and theprinting drum 26 by means not shown but embodiedin our aforesaid patent.

At the same time, this motion of the counterweighted member 24-21 actsthrough thelink 23 and the arm 22 to rotate the shaft 55. (clockwise,Fig. 4,counterclockwise,- Fig. 2), thereby slidingthe bar 58 (right toleft, Fig. 2), and thus projecting the angled or lateral extension 20 ofthe slide bar it across the peripheral surface of the score-indicatingor registering dial ll; thereby rendering the players score invisible tohim through the sight opening 32 which is provided'in the top wall ofthe cabinet l0. 7 I in cinema reset the anti-tiltingodevice into itsnormal or ineffective position, that is, in order to retract the lateralextension 2|! of the slide bar l8 out from under the sight opening 32through which the score-indicating dial I l is vise ible, and to removethe stop member 24 from ber -24lwhich floats upon thatis, is looselymountits effective position between the printing drum 26 and thepressure member 28, it is necessary for the player to insert a propercoin into the coin aperture of the coin slide 28 and push the sameinwardly from coin-receiving toward coin-discharging position, (frombottom to top, Fig. 1, right to left, Fig. This movement of the coinslide 29, acting through a link connection 30, rocks the shaft 3| and asegmental gear 34' carried thereby (counterclockwise, Fig. 4) and dur-.ing this movement of the segmental gear 34 its upper edge engages alaterally projectingpin 35 which is carried by the counterweighted.portion.

21 of the member 24, therebypivoting the counterweighted member 24-21'(clockwise, Fig. 4). This movement of the counterweighted member 24 21retracts the same (from dotted to full line position, Fig. 4) out ofeffective position between the pressure member 28 and the printing drum26, so that the pressure member 28 may again urge the ticket Web 33against the printing drum 26.

. Also at the same time'this movement of the stop member 24 actsthroughthe link 23 and arm 22 to rock the shaft l5 (counterclockwise,-Fig. 4, clockwise, Fig. 2), thereby pivoting the latch member I 4(clockwise, Fig. 2) and thus moving theslide bar l8 (left to right, Fig.2). This movement of the slide bar l8 retracts the lateral extension 20thereof out from under the sight opening 32 in the cabinet and thusagain exposes the score-indicating dial II to the player. At

the same time, this movement of the slide bar l8 reengages the latchmember M with the upper endportion of the pendulum I3 so as to latch thecounterweighted end portion 21 of the stop member 24 in raisedand'inetfective position (as in full lines, Fig. 4)

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification, without "departing from the spiritof theinvention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limitedto the precisedetails of con-' struction set forth, but desire toavail ourselves ofsuch variations and modifications as' come within the scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patentris: r

1.. In a game apparatus, the combination of: a. cabinet; ascore-indicating or registering-dial insaid cabinet and normally visiblefrom a point outside said cabinet; a coin slide having a coin receivingaperture; a member movable over the peripheral surface of saidregistering dial and adapted when in effective position to render thelatter invisible from outside saidcabinet; means automatically movingsaid member into effective position when and if said cabinet is tiltedfrom its normal and proper operating position; and means coasting withsaid coin slide and necessitating the insertion of a coin of properdenomination into the said coin aperture of the same to reset the saidmember back into its initial or ineffective position.

2. In a game apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet having a sightopening formed therein; a score-indicating or registering dial in saidcabinet and normally visible from outside said or ineffective position.

operating position; and means for resetting said member back into itsinitial or ineffective position so as to render said dial visiblethrough said sight opening.

3. In a game apparatus, the combination of: aicabinet having a sightopening formed therein; a score-indicating or registering dial in saidcabinet and normally visible from outside said cabinet through saidsight opening; a member mov- -ab1e into and out of position between saidsight opening and said dial and when in effective position renderingsaid dial invisible through said sight opening; means automaticallymovingsaid member into effective position between said sight opening anddial so as to render. the said dial in-' visible through said sightopening when and if said cabinet is tilted from the normal and. properoperating position; a coin slide having a coinreceiving'aperture; andmeans coasting with said coin slide and necessitating the insertion of acoin ofproper denomination into the coin-receiving aperture of the sameto reset said member back into its'initialor ineffective po'sitionsoas'to render said dial visible through said sight opening.

fl. In a game apparatus, the combination of z. a cabinet; ascore-printing drum in said cabinet; a pressure orinscription-transmitting" member for urging an inscription-receivingwebs against the peripheral or printing face of said printing drum; amember movable'between said pressure member and the peripheral. orprinting face of said printing drum and when in effective positionpreventing said pressure memberfrom urging the saidinscription-receiving web against the peripheralor'prin'ting face of thesaid printing drum; means automatically moving said'rnember intoeffective position when and if said cabinet is moved from its'normal andproper operating position; and means for resetting. said member backinto its initial or ineffective position.

5. In a game apparatus, the combination of:

a cabinet; a score-printing drum in said cabinet:

apre'ssure or inscription-receiving webv against the peripheral orprinting face of 's'aidfprintng drum; a member movable between saidpressure member and the peripheral or printing face of said printingdrum and when in effective position preventing said pr'essure memberfrom urging the said inscription-receivingwebagainst the peripheral orprinting face of the said printing drum; means automatically moving saidmember into effective position when andif said'cabinet is moved from itsnormal and proper operating position; a coin slide having acoin-receiving aperture; and means coacting with said coin slide andrequiring the insertion of a coin of proper denomination into thecoin-receiving aperture of the same to reset said member back into itsinitial CLAUDE R. KIRK. EDWARD E. COLLISON.

